11.   Saville Systems Plc, which develops and maintains billing systems for the telecommunications industry, is in talks to acquire other companies, the chief executive said.

12.   The company, which specializes in office automation equipment and hotel room refrigerator billing systems, filed a declaration of bankruptcy with the Tokyo District Court.

13.   The FCC had been scheduled to vote on final rules for such a system last Thursday, giving cellular companies the option of adopting caller-pays billing systems.

14.   ATandT and Unisource also said they would pursue joint research and development, common network architecture, common feature innovation, service development and joint billing systems.

15.   His company has worked with the government in updating software for computers that handle telecommunications and billing systems.

16.   In this case, Wagnes said telecommunication operators will need a specialised interconnect billing system to stay competitive.

17.   The companies will also cooperate on business and technical exchanges, including working on a joint customer service and billing system.

18.   TMIB will provide an integrated and fully computerised customer care and billing system to support virtually all subscriber-related functions.